https://www.timesofisrael.com/imaging-technology-reveals-birth-of-athena-on-2300-year-old-shard-from-galilee/I spent a good bit of time in the hills around Bethsaida last year chasing the wild wheat. This is the area where I ended up on the wrong side of the fence with the old landmines from the Syrian occupation of that area before Israel won the land in the Syrian attack against Israel.
There is a lot of pagan imagery in the ruins. An altar to the El of Israel side by side with an altar to pagan Roman god. It’s not surprising to see more of this stuff coming out of this area.
Capernaum, Bethsaida, and Chorazin can all three be walked to in an easy day’s journey:
Matt 11: 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.Updated Jan 23, 2018, 3:52 PM